It may come as a surprise that, even though we are just four days away from a certain major racing Festival in the Cotswolds, today’s betting column will be a no go area when it comes to putting up tips for Cheltenham next week. There are three reasons, all hopefully logical, for this approach.
First, I (possibly even we if you follow my tips) already have eight horses in the ante-post portfolio from the past four months. Secondly, the value has gone in the current ante-post lists and, particularly for the big-race handicaps, it is now better to wait until after the 48-hour declarations when there will be more each-way places on offer from almost all bookies.
It’s just the two tips for tomorrow with a feeling of wanting to keep the powder relatively dry for next week
Thirdly, the powers-that-be at Spectator Life have once again invited me to do a daily tipping column throughout the week and the plan is to have this up and running each morning, sometime after 9 a.m.,
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